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uTest finds Internet Explorer is worst browser

Jonathan Schlaffer — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:20:35 +0000

Users from 68 countries have rated their browser experience and sent uTest on the most bugs in the top three Web browsers. Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.1 and Google Chrome were on the list.

Over the course of one week, 672 bugs [...]

New MacBooks suffer from black screen syndrome

Jonathan Schlaffer — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:04:54 +0000

Some proud owners of shiny new aluminum MacBooks and MacBook Pros are finding that the purchase is not quite living up to its name. It seems that the new laptops have trouble with gaming because there are reports of lockups with [...]

Golden Shellback waterproofing for iPods, Blackberrys now available

Jonathan Schlaffer — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:01:02 +0000

If you are prone to dropping your electronics or like using them in areas where water can splash on them this may be for you. A company called Golden Shellback is offering to use a rather unique process to waterproof your precious device.

The coating is described [...]

Internet Explorer 8 destined for 2009

Jonathan Schlaffer — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:30:43 +0000

Microsoft has been working on its next version of Internet Explorer for a while now but the question is does anyone really care now? Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 have a combined market share of around 30 percent with IE6 and IE7 holding [...]

Buying laptops from Best Buy is a bad idea

Jonathan Schlaffer — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:19:16 +0000

It could be argued that buying anything from Best Buy is a bad idea but laptops especially. There are any number of things that could [...]

Computer virus attacks International space station

Jonathan Schlaffer — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:40:56 +0000

If there were any computers on the planet capable of being invulnerable from a computer virus, it should be the laptops on the space station. Unfortunately for NASA, it seems that one has managed to sneak onboard [...]

Solar cells made using a pizza oven

Jonathan Schlaffer — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:04:06 +0000

Everyone loves a good bargain especially Sams Club and Costco shoppers. Well, here’s a deal that just might be for the poorest 2 billion people on the planet. Extremely cheap solar cells made using a [...]

JavaScript performance boost coming to Firefox

Jonathan Schlaffer — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:07:08 +0000

Did you think that JavaScript performance was slow in Firefox? If you did then you will be happy, ~~if not downright elated~~ to know that Mozilla plans a “massive performance boost” for Firefox 3.1.

Before everyone gets too [...]

Logitech Audiohub boosts laptop sound

Jonathan Schlaffer — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:19:52 +0000

Everyone knows that the sound on a laptop isn’t the best, even with the best built-in speakers. Sure, you could connect Logitech G-51 speakers to your laptop but that kind of defeats the purpose.

Enter the Logitech Audio hub which is a “2.1” USB speaker system for laptops. [...]

Dell extends warranty for Nvidia-equipped laptops

Jonathan Schlaffer — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:25:00 +0000

That shiny new XPS M1530 or M1330 available from Dell may be equipped with a defective nvidia graphics chip. If you are a new customer looking to get those (and other) Dell laptops, or an existing customer [...]